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Shameless

Heads down, no nonsense, shameless boogie

About Me

Take 5 talented musicians, with a quarter millennium of blues and rock music between them.
Take them off duty and let it rip.
Shameless do covers of their favourite rock, blues and whatevers.
There was no long term plan, but there is now.
It's about playing live & being there.
So be there.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/13/2008
Band Members: Kate Strang (vox), Gerry Jablonski (gtr, vox), Jim Bryce (keys), Willie Pettiegrew (bass), marc marnie (drums)

The songs on this page were recorded at our first gig (Leith Festival, 2nd June). The recording's a bit primitive and rough at the edges (but then so are we!) but it'll give you an idea. Best way to hear us is to come to a gig!

And these are a few things by some of our members, in other incarnations...

Gerry Jablonski in a recent impromptu jam:

And Willie (bass) and marc (drums) in grungey rock mode with Death Star 4 (Only You); with the inimitable Ewan Drysdale on vocals:

Influences: Wide and varied as you'll see from this bit of our set list -

There's another bit in the photos album (and several more on the rehearsal room floor). Lots to choose from depending on the mood we're all in.

Canned Heat, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Jonathan Richman, Rolling Stones, Faces, Bob Dylan, PJ Harvey, Bobby Fuller, Joan Baez, Bob Marley, Dan Hicks, Roxy Music, Nirvana, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pere Ubu, NRBQ, Arthur Lee/Love, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Mountain Goats, Chess Records, Loudon Wainwright III, Solomon Burke, Dr Ross, Death Star 4, Dave Alvin, R.E.M., Howlin' Wolf, Sun Ra, Big Star, Booker T, Robert Johnson, MC5, Randy Newman, Lowell Fulson, Rodney Crowell, Ray Davis, Otis Rush, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Peggy Seeger, Otis Redding, Tom Waits, Son House, The White Stripes, Steve Earle, Bobby Bland, The Bangles, Isaac Hayes, Thelonious Monk, The Strokes, Television, the Allman Brothers, Billie Holiday, The Roches, Slipknot, Nick Harper, Charlie Parker, Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Band, Emmylou Harris, Moondog, Townes Van Zandt, The Hook'n'Pull Gang, Nick Harper, Noel Coward, Grateful Dead, Mercedes Sosa, Coltrane, John Prine, Ramones, The Beatles, Wild Man Fischer, John Cale, Robert Wyatt, Mott the Hoople, Buddy Holly, Janacek, Johnny Cash, Velvet Underground, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Doggerel Bank, Nick Cave, The Hook and Pull Gang, The Kinks, Ivor Cutler, Dr John, Roy Buchanan, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Charley Patton, RHCP, Bobby Womack, Nuggets, Led Zeppelin, Big Bill Broonzy, The Move, Delbert McClinton, Elmore James, The Monkees, T-Bone Walker, Big Mama Thornton, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Moby, Leroy Carr, Camille O'Sullivan, Amy Winehouse, Joni Mitchell, Steve Goodman, Aerosmith, Allen Toussaint, Dan Penn, Nick Lowe, David Bowie, Junior Wells, Liz Phair, Guy Clark, The Who, Soft Machine and the Canterbury scene, Steely Dan, Bartok, Noel Coward, Michael Nesmith, Ravel, World Music, Gentle Giant, 60s Blues Bands, David Ackles, Paul Williams...
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Changed line-up

Due to other commitments John Bruce is unable to appear with Shameless on the 2nd of June at the Queen Charlotte Rooms.On the other hand we are delighted to announce that the remarkable Jim Bryce has ...
Posted by Shameless on Wed, 21 May 2008 08:59:00 PST

Friends not friends

Hey!We got friends!And not just the myspace kind! First Take Blues will be playing support on 2nd June, to get everyone warmed up. In fact they're not at all the myspace kind of friends, as they don'...
Posted by Shameless on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:43:00 PST